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> Anyone else give up on trying to get rich? How hard were you actually trying when you were trying to get rich? How close did you come to getting rich? Why d
by paulcole 1y ago
> Anyone else give up on trying to get rich?
How hard were you actually trying when you were trying to get rich? How close did you come to getting rich?
Why didn't you start a plumbing business or become a dentist or something?
Did you ever have a concrete definition of "rich" or was it always some nebulous "more" amount compared to what you had at any given time?
- 999900000999 1y agoI failed a few FAANG interviews. E5s at Facebook make around 200k a year in pure stock. Assuming it grows in value, do that for a decade and your at 2.5 million or so. Even after the taxes, that's enough to retire overseas. Now I'm old. It didn't happen so I'm content to write code for a middle class wage
- paulcole 1y agoSo I guess you didn’t try very hard to get rich?
- 999900000999 1y agoEh. I guess not a tbh. I really thought a FAANG job would have just fallen in my lap by now.